---
type: "Bill"
title: "place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency."
description: "place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "South Dakota SB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0bac10f-cf2b-4eb3-a13b-e21995842aaa"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21902"
source_hash: "cf779c4fb6fb11a621153a11a4b901876a45ef87b449bca69969de751dcea4d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 20 (2021) — place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21902/210003)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21902/216458)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **59–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-20** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 90
- **2021-01-22** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 97
- **2021-01-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 105 `passage`
- **2021-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 130 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 10 H.J. 198 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 218 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-10 S.J. 235 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-18 S.J. 286 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0bac10f-cf2b-4eb3-a13b-e21995842aaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).